The death toll from an overnight barrage of Russian strikes on Ukraine has risen to 18

Our political correspondent, Barry Lenihan has the latest from Leinster House.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A record number of students are sitting the state exams this year. Our reporter Barry Gallagher has been asking students at Saint Aiden's Community School in Tallaght, Dublin for their reaction to the English paper one. And for a full assessment of the first paper, english teacher Conor Murphy from Skibereen Community School in Cork.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For more on this Pádraig Ó Muirigh, solicitor representng four of the five Springhill families.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Stephen McCullagh who killed his partner at her home in Lurgan, Co Armagh, in December 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison. Our reporter, Dyane Connor was at Belfast Crown Court.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The HSE has apologised unreservedly for the ‘deficits in care’ which it said culminated in the untimely and tragic death of a 25-year-old woman, Maxine Maguire in February 2017. For more on this our Health Correspondent, Fergal Bowers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 year old Thomas Griffin from Ballyfermot attempted to swim across the Liffey after a reported assault at the War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge. For the latest our reporter Maggie Doyle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For more John Prenty, Connacht GAA CEO.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The mayor of Kyiv confirmed that six people had been killed and 66 wounded in the capital, while authorities in the city of Dnipro said 12 people died there. Ukraine Correspondent with Radio France Internationale, Emmanuelle Chaze.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That's the main conclusion of a new report from the Society of Actuaries in Ireland. For the details on this Noel Garvey from the Society of Actuaries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.